From JOHN BROOMFIELD
I read Barry Fox’s article on cut-price modems (Technology, 21 May)
with interest. About three years ago I returned from living in the US with
a laptop computer with built-in modem. I went to my nearest BT shop and
asked for an adaptor to plug it into my telephone socket. I was somewhat
surprised to be told that I was not allowed to use it and that no such
adaptor existed.
I was just as surprised to find this nonexistent adaptor for sale for
a few pence on a market stall. It seems that this is the sort of regulation
that just brings the law into disrepute.
There is a simple solution: abandon regulation of modems. If it is good
enough for the mighty AT&T what has BT to fear?
John Broomfield East Molesey, Surrey
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